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This book grew out of a series of letters to my daughter concerning various things - mostly about money and investing - she was not yet quite ready to hear. Since money is the single most powerful tool we have for navigating this complex world we've created, understanding it is critical.

Over 13% of American adults (more than 30 million people) have some degree of hearing loss and yet many people still feel like this is only for older people. Hearing loss affects all ages with infants born deaf. Many adults develop hearing loss slowly or suddenly for a wide range of reasons...

Brought to you by Penguin. Now with an introduction from Dolly Alderton, author of Everything I Know About Love, revealing how a new generation of women can take inspiration from Nora's sharp wit and wisdom about life. * Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from. * If the shoe...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Thriving Beyond Fifty. Getting older doesn’t have to mean slowing down! This audiobook shows you how to create a personalized plan to build strength, protect bone health, restore balance and improve mobility. Physiotherapist and over-50s health...

Departure(s) is the story of a man called Stephen and a woman called Jean, who fall in love when they are young and again when they are old. It is the story of an elderly Jack Russell called Jimmy, enviably oblivious to his own mortality. It is also the story of how the body fails us, whether through age, illness accident or intent. And it is the story of how experiences fade into anecdotes, and then into memory. Does it matter if what we remember really happened? Or does it just matter that it mattered enough to be remembered?

What will your 100-year life look like? Does the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time? Many of us have been raised on the traditional notion of a three-stage approach to our working lives: education, followed by work and then retirement. But this well-established pathway is already beginning to collapse.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Rebuild strength, flexibility and confidence through proven exercises to target the causes of aches, pains and strains that come with age. What if growing older didn’t have to mean growing weaker? If you’ve been told that pain in your back, shoulders or knees is...

Now in his seventies, poet and philosopher Mark Nepo explores the rhythms of aging in the second half of life. This program is read by the author. As the years go by, the question for each of us becomes more and more real: What does it mean to age? Despite the limitations that come as the body...

Have you ever looked at your career, your relationships, or your role in life and wondered, “Is this why I’m really here?” If so, then you are ready for your “midlife crisis”—the pivotal time when you have the opportunity to become the person your soul seeks to be. “When the...

Your parent is still alive.So why does it feel like you are already grieving?Maybe they still know your name, but they no longer feel like the parent you knew.Maybe a conversation that once came naturally now feels impossible.Maybe you leave a visit exhausted, angry, guilty, relieved, or...

For more than a century, Alzheimer’s disease was one of medicine’s most stubborn mysteries. Diagnosis often came late, treatment focused largely on symptoms, and families were left with few answers.That picture is changing.THE ALZHEIMER’S BREAKTHROUGH takes readers inside the extraordinary...

Healthy Habits for Super Kids is an engaging wellness activity book designed for children ages 3–8. Filled with interactive trackers, playful challenges, calming exercises, and confidence-building activities, this book helps kids learn everyday healthy habits while having fun.Created by Sonya...

Including a preface read by the author, Gina Rippon. 'A compelling exploration. Rippon is easily the most engaging communicator of neuroscience research working today. A truly fascinating must-read' – Elinor Cleghorn, bestselling author of Unwell Women 'Powerful and well-researched. The Lost...

From the New York Times bestselling creator and coauthor of the Younger Next Year series comes Younger Forever: A SuperAger’s Guide to Life After 50. Chris Crowley took his own advice twenty-five years ago, and it has paid off handsomely. At ninety-one, he is a SuperAger, a category these days...

An updated edition of the eye-opening guide to anti-aging, with a new chapter on fascia, which will publish in time for Miranda Esmonde-White’s PBS pledge drive in June 2018 focusing on the topic. ""Every day, we have a very clear choice: We can grow older or we can grow younger."" In recent...

Everything you need to know to plan for your own safe, financially secure, healthy, and happy old age For those who have no support system in place, the thought of aging without help can be a frightening, isolating prospect. Whether you have friends and family ready and able to help you or not...

We are in the midst of a healthspan revolution that will enable us to live vitally beyond 100 years old. Advanced diagnostics are now able to catch any disease at inception, while advanced therapies in clinical trials have the potential to reverse disease while also slowing, stopping, and potentially even reversing aging.

In this intimate and funny collection of essays on the sometimes confusing, sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious condition of being a woman over 60, Susan Moon keeps her sense of humor and she keeps her listener fully engaged. Among the pieces she has included here are an essay on the gratitude she feels for her weakening bones; observations on finding herself both an orphan and a matriarch following the death of her mother; musings on her tendency to regret the past.

Sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful process that millions of Americans confront every year. The need to downsize often arises at a momentous life change, whether you're an empty nester or retiree selling your family home, a newlywed blending your households, or cleaning out your parents' property after they've moved into assisted living or passed away. Decluttering guru Peter Walsh knows the difficulty of downsizing firsthand.

Do you want a secure retirement, free from worry, stress, and confusion? The Bucket Plan® is a must-hear book for anyone serious about creating a practical and sensible financial plan for his or her retirement years. The financial planning process outlined in this book is based on a three-bucket philosophy of strategically positioning assets to plan for and mitigate the risks and dangers that can occur in retirement.